Jim has been American Fruit Grower® and Western Fruit Grower® magazines’ tree fruit expert for more than a decade, and is one of our industry’s leading voices on research and issues important to fruit growers.
“The story seems different for specialty crops, like apple, that are directly consumed, viewed as inherently healthy and perhaps held to a different standard. Like it or not, the apple industry has apparently won the opportunity to be a pioneer in testing the consumer’s response to a GMO variety.”
Many activities on the orchard can be done at night thanks to fluorescent or LED lights mounted on mechanical harvesters or specialized movable towers for traditional hand-harvested blocks
